Yesterday was the first day of really paying attention to what I am spending on and how much. I did OK, but still spent too much. ($24)

I killed some time before a meeting I had in the bookstore. I was only going to browse. But I should know better by now. In 30 years I've never been able to just browse in a bookstore. I bought one book, for $13. It is a personal finance book, so maybe it will help me.

I also got a drink at their cafe for $2. Just a bottle of water. The heat was killing me.

And in order to get to the meeting, I had to pay $5 to park my car, and then $4 for the subway. All in all, not too bad in terms of the total amount spent, but it would have been better if I hadn't spent the money on the book.

Maybe it will help me save more. I am going to try not to beat myself up for this too much, just learn from it and moved on. So...

lesson learned and today is another day.